Wednesday Cable News Ratings: CNN’s 9/11 Film Comes in Third in Demo and Total Viewers
The CNN Films-commissioned documentary The Flag, about the iconic flag that was raised on the site of the World Trade Center after September 11th, 2001, came in third place in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers when it premiered Wednesday night between 9pm and midnight. During the first hour, The Flag had 151K in the demo and 479K total viewers.
MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show was #2 with 196K in the demo and 768K total viewers. And a 9/11-themed special on Fox called Timeline of Terror was #1 at 9pm with 443K in the demo and 1.845M total viewers.
Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:
TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
261 |
New Day
106 |
Morning Joe
145 |
Express
113 |
5 pm | The Five
339 |
Blitzer
123 |
Schultz
126 |
Express
70 |
6 pm | Baier
289 |
Blitzer
168 |
Sharpton
102 |
Express
65 |
7 pm | Smith
337 |
Burnett
184 |
Matthews
128 |
Velez-Mitchell
94 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
494 |
Cooper
162 |
Hayes
123 |
Grace
143 |
9 pm | 9/11 Special
443 |
9/11 Film
151 |
Maddow
196 |
Dr. Drew
131 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
447 |
9/11 Film
100 |
O’Donnell
188 |
After Dark
77 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
501 |
9/11 Film
107 |
Hayes
118 |
Showbiz
65 |
PRIME TIME | 461 | 144 | 170 | 117 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. |
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
1.200 |
New Day
300 |
Morning Joe
420 |
Express
203 |
5 pm | The Five
1.919 |
Blitzer
613 |
Schultz
498 |
Express
202 |
6 pm | Baier
1.973 |
Blitzer
551 |
Sharpton
548 |
Express
194 |
7 pm | Smith
1.612 |
Burnett
555 |
Matthews
651 |
Velez-Mitchell
258 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.695 |
Cooper
566 |
Hayes
585 |
Grace
379 |
9 pm | 9/11 Special
1.845 |
9/11 Film
479 |
Maddow
768 |
Dr. Drew
356 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
1.808 |
9/11 Film
265 |
O’Donnell
676 |
After Dark
195 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.608 |
9/11 Film
249 |
Hayes
388 |
Showbiz
163 |
PRIME TIME | 2.127 | 478 | 678 | 310 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
*Please note that the daily ratings report now contains figures for the 6-9am morning shows.
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